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MarketWatch’s top 10 stories, March 11 - 15

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. markets ended the week with gains again, even though the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell on Friday. The day’s decline ended the Dow’s longest streak of winning days since 1996.

The drop on Friday was attributed by some to weaker-than-expected economic data that also showed inflation was a bit higher than expected in February.

The Dow
DJIA, -1.11%
closed on Friday down 25.03 points or 0.2 % at 14,514.11. For the week, the Blue Chip index was up 0.8%. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, which has still never quite surpassed its all-time high (Thanks a lot Apple
AAPL, -1.54%
), closed on Friday at 1,560.70, down 2.53 points or 0.2%. For the week, the index was up 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP, -0.94%
ended Friday at 3,249.07, down 9.86 points or 0.3%. For the week, the index gained 0.1%.

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Life companion

Samsung Electronics Co. lifted the wraps on its latest smartphone — the Galaxy S4 — night in a bid to maintain its leading position in the fast-growing mobile-phone market. The new device sports a 5-inch, high-definition touchscreen and new “eye-tracking” technology. Samsung said the phone will go on sale in late April. Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Sleeping giant

As the winter season draws to a close and the energy market readies for a slowdown in the need for heating fuels, natural-gas prices should be falling. But instead, prices have climbed over 9% month to date, with the market betting on tighter supply and more demand. Natural Gas: commodity market’s ‘sleeping giant.’

In government cross hairs

J.P. Morgan Chase
JPM, -0.62%
the nation’s largest bank by assets, suffered a double blow after it was charged by a Senate committee with misleading regulators and investors over massive credit derivatives losses and saw its plans to return capital to shareholders questioned by the government. J.P. Morgan in government cross hairs.

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